The following is a list of what I want to achieve/complete/experience before I leave this world. It was written in 2007 and has evolved a bit since then!
- Learn how to play the piano
- Climb to base camp on Mount Everest
- Learn how to speak French
- Visit William Morris’ Red House at Bexleyheath, UK
- Walk the Queen Charlotte Track in New Zealand
- Visit the Saint John’s Bible workshop at Monmouth, Wales
- Finish my Masters degree [edited: yup! finished! graduated in October 2010]
- Organise my scrapbooking ‘bible’ of articles and inspiration pieces
- Drive a Aston Martin DB9S
- Regularly use my membership at the gym
- Undertake my internship at the Art Gallery of South Australia working with the Arts & Craft collection [edited: it became impossible for me to actually do this, so I'm undertaking my internship locally in 2010]
- Learn how to drive a manual car on the road [edited: I did it in 2009! I did it! And I still absolutely love it]
- Successfully keep more then succulents alive in my garden
- Attend a life drawing or sketching course
- Visit Rose Seidler House in Sydney
- Complete a scrapbook on my gorgeous dog [edited: its only a small one but I did finished it in 2008]
- Stand outside Tiffany’s in New York sipping a coffee and eating a danish
- Keep my blog up to date [edited: I think I'm doing okay with this one! {ummm, maybe not! (2012)}]
- Photograph my completed books and put them online
- Do yoga every morning to start the day right
- Learn to ride a horse, without fear of falling off
- Start (and complete) my mother’s family book
- Design and complete a heraldic family tree of my family
- Call my best friend once a week
Volunteer with a local charity to give back[It has been a great experience working with an amazing group of people. I hope to do more when I can {2012}]Have enough stability in my life to have pets[edited: yay! I have two cats now. When we have a bigger place I'm getting another dog!]- Find true love [edited: He was there all along but it took me awhile to realise it. And in October 2009 I finally did]
- Sell my MGB in order to buy myself a more reliable and economical car [edited: I now have a reliable car AND I still have my MGB. I'm hoping to restore it when I have the funds but I can't bare the thought of parting with her]
- See Picasso’s Guernica
- Spend another day in Monet’s garden painting amongst the dappled light
- Live in Paris
- Never run out of Burberry perfume
- Find the ultimate handbag [edited: Manzoni, how I love thee]
- Buy an iPod
- Spend more time getting to know my brother [edited: we live and work together but we are stronger for it and I love him dearly [2009]]
- Truly appreciate the wonderful friends I have
- Learn to love exercise
- Believe in my ability to write beautifully
- Create my own studio to write, scrap and design
- Drink more water and less coffee [edited: yeah, right]
- Stick to the diet I know makes me feel better physically and mentally
- Stop stressing that I will fail every essay I write and every exam I sit [edited: why change a lifetime of habit?
] - Learn to let go of the past [edited: its part of me but it doesn't control me]
- Spend more time with my grandmother
- Own a Norman Lindsay print and display it prominently
- Spend a week in Leura exploring the Blue Mountains and the walking tracks
- Travel to Antarctica on an ice breaker
- Ride on an elephant
- Learn to love and accept my freckles
- Enjoy more weekends where I do nothing
- Have my own library (think Henry Higgins’ in My Fair Lady)
Learn to accept compliments and ignore insults[edited: I think I've conquered this one! {2012}]- Read more classic novels and plays
- Subscribe to a theatre company
- Join a dance class
- Write in my journal more frequently then every three months!
- Have my freckles checked by a skin specialist
- Train my dog to behave himself around other people (but not me!) [edited: my wonderful cousin achieved this. He even stays when you tell him to!]
- Complete formal training in calligraphy
- Truly appreciate all that my parents have done for me, most particularly in 2007 [edited: yeah, they rock and I love them more all the time]
- See a ballet at Covent Garden, London
- Visit the British Library and see first editions of my favourite books
- Work for people who inspire and challenge me
- Learn to cook more intuitively
- Tell the most important people in my life I love them every day
- Keep my mind open to other opinions, people’s stories and the ever changing world we live in
- Install a rain water tank and implement other ideas to reduce my carbon footprint
- Believe that I have the power to change my life and make it what I want it to be
- Publish a book
- Obtain a doctorate
- Live my life with one wardrobe not two (thin clothes/fat clothes)
- Find my soul mate [edited: Sometimes I'm a little slow. He was there all along]
Learn to manage money[edited: with the help of said soul mate, I've done it! {2012}]- Attend Jazz in the Vines in the Hunter Valley and/or Melbourne International Jazz Festival
- Have co-ordinated furniture
- Find the ultimate pillow!
- Have more dinner parties with friends
- Trust my instinct
- Forgive myself for my past [edited: see #47]
- Work for the Victorian & Albert Museum in London
- Meet Ali Edwards and discuss design and scrapbooking
- Take time everyday to count my blessings
- Develop a Calligraphy gallery, workshop and library
- Visit Prince Edward Island, Canada and immerse myself in Anne of Green Gables
- Learn to enjoy food without guilt
- Be true to myself
Be proud of who I am and what I have achieved[check! {2012}]- Get a tattoo at the base of my spine of the chinese symbol for ‘strength’ [edited: I've gone off this idea so going to remove it]
- Get my motorbike license
- Fix my teeth – yes, braces!
- Own an original William Morris piece
Accept my scars as part of my journey in this life[check {2012}]- Attend a Winter Olympics (I’ve been to a Summer Olympics in 2000)
- Get back into rock climbing
- Live sustainably and simply
- See the Northern Lights
- Run a 10km marathon
- Ski the Remarkables in New Zealand
- Own a house
- Climb the Effiel Tower
I read the whole list. Not sure why but I found it utterly beautiful.
Thank you.
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No. 101 – find a good tattooist on the north coast and we can do it together when Dave & I visit in November – I’ll finally get my dragon and I’ll make you get your strength. That is your mission!
Love your life list …. I’ve got one too, but in a journal, guess it’s time to put it out there, so t ospeak!!!!
Time to cross of No. 7?
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I’m glad you changed your mind on #89. That’s a mistake that’s difficult to take back.